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Alex Berenson (Author)

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Publication Date: March 6, 2008

BELOW THE RADAR, OFF THE GRID, AND BEHIND ENEMY LINES:CIA AGENT JOHN WELLS PLAYS A DEADLY GAME OF RISK…As a covert CIA special operative, John Wells knows the odds are always stacked against him. For every atrocity foiled, another deadly catastrophe awaits. So when it emerges that four of the world’s most dangerous states are plotting together to unleash the ultimate nuclear threat, Wells realises that his odds on stopping them ranges from zero… to none. But that’s never stopped him before. And it isn’t going to stop him now…

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Century Hutchinson; Airports / Ireland / Export e. edition (March 6, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0091920655
• ISBN-13: 978-0091920654
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,518,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

As a reporter for The New York Times, Alex Berenson has covered topics ranging from the occupation of Iraq to the flooding of New Orleans to the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff.

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good follow up, July 28, 2008

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This review is from: The Ghost Agent (Hardcover)

In Berenson's previous novel we met John Wells, a spy so deep that there were concerns he had gone native. In addition to being a very intelligent thriller, it had a hero who was a Muslem and was very clear that there are peaceful Muslems and those who are fanatics. This perspective made for a very absorbing novel.
Here we have Wells coping with the stress of his previous experience (and the fact he is now known to the general public for his deeds in Times Square towards the end of the previous novel). This does not stop him getting involved when things escalate with China as a result of a maverick Chinese senior officer.
Well,I think I have seen this plot in more then a few novels, but the author tells it well. Berenson has changed Wells slightly, he is less the man that does not fit into either culture, here he is just an all action spy. And now he is more sarcastic with some good one-liners - I don't recall that from the previous one.
This bordered on the Vince Flynn Rapp novels - no bad thing but it has taken away the originality of the first novel.
So why four stars? Well I almost went three but then I realised that this had kept me turning the pages well into the night, and much as I may have seen this kind of thing before, it still kept my attention. Probably a 3.5 if I am honest. There is a third one in the pipeline and I'll be buying that so this means I must have liked it!